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Practitioners of the Healing Arts

It is said that "doctors die young." In fact, practitioners of the healing arts often burn out early, except those who know the secret of replenishment with tonic herbs. Although the healing arts are a beautiful service, they are also extremely draining over time. Jing tonics quickly replenish the energy a practitioner of the healing arts uses up. Here are some programs for individuals who give of themselves to help others.  More information...

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Formulas for Practitioners of the Healing Arts

Practitioners of the healing arts require adaptogenic energy. Therefore formulas like Super Adaptogen or Ginseng Nutritive are very beneficial. They also require Jing replenishment, especially Yin Jing. Formulas such as Primal Yin Replenisher are perfect. These healers also need strengthening Jing tonics. A perfect example of such a formula might be Imperial Garden. And, perhaps most importantly, healers need protection and wisdom. This is provided by Reishi or Supreme Protector.

Discussion

My teacher, Daoist Master Sung Jin Park, taught me another very important way to use Dendrobium. In 1975, when I was studying with Mast Park, I owned an acupressure clinic in Los Angeles. At first I had been studying with Master Park at his apartment in Korea town, but one day I invited him to come see the Acupressure Workshop. The first time I brought him to the clinic, which was in a old house in a business district, he entered with true reverence, removing his shoes and bowing repeatedly as he approached the front door and passed through the door into the foyer of the clinic.

When he first entered, he looked around and said "Ah! Just like ancient hospital!" This gave me great pride. But then he started sniffing as though he could smell something fowl. He asked me "Where is your Sok Gok and Gum Cho?" I didn’t have a clue as to what he was talking about. But after a couple of minutes of trying to get him to explain, I got an answer.

It was traditional, where Master Park came from, for healing centers to have a pot of Dendrobium and Licorice root (Sok Gok and Gum Cho in Korean) tea brewing at all times for both the practitioners and the clients. This simple but elegant combination of herbs is a healer’s tea. When a practitioner of the healing arts is performing his or her art, they are using "healing energy," and in fact this healing energy comes straight from the Kidneys. This is especially true when, as we were, you are working with your hands and mind by providing services such as acupressure or other form of body work.

It was true. At the end of some sessions, especially difficult ones with people who were going through a great deal of stress, I sometimes felt exhausted, left with a drained feeling that made me want to sleep. Master Park said that the Dendrobium and Licorice tea would prevent this fatigue and, even more importantly, would replenish the energy given up when performing the healing work.

From that day forward, for the next seven years while the Acupressure Workshop existed, we had a pot of "Sok Gok and Gum Cho" on a hot plate at all times for both the practitioners and for the clients. The practitioners drank it before and after every session and I am certain that they benefited greatly from this practice. The clients almost universally enjoyed the tea, usually drinking a cup while in the waiting room and often drinking another cup after the session.

The feeling through the years was that most of the clients felt that the tea helped them to get centered and to get more out of the acupressure session. The protective quality of this unique tea was always apparent. Our practitioners were constantly exposed to people with stress, colds, etc. and yet the amount of work time missed due to illness was almost nil. We all gave much of the credit to the constant drinking of the tea.

It is well known that, around the world, healers tend to die young. The intense stress and the way people in the healing arts give their time and energy is a perpetual drain on their Jing, and ultimately this shortens life. Only Asian doctors and healers live longer than the average of their societies. This is because they understand how to protect and replenish Jing.

It would do all practitioners of the healing arts, including all forms of doctors, paramedics, nurses, bodyworkers and natural healers to get onto a well balanced tonic program which would include adaptogenic herbs such as Gynostemma and Reishi. Of course they should consume Dendrobium and Licorice root.